French Revolution: A History. Volume 2: The Constitution (Version 2)
Thomas Carlyle
54 chapters · 12 h 6 min · English
Read by Peter Dann
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The second volume of this famous and idiosyncratic history covers events from October 1789, after Louis XVI has been 'persuaded' to leave Versailles and take up residence in Paris, through to August 1792. By the end of this time, Louis and his family have tried, unsuccessfully, to flee the country, France has been invaded by foreign powers, and anti-royalist French militia have brutally massacred a corps of Swiss Guards seeking to defend Louis and his family in their Paris residence. Louis is imprisoned, and it is clear to all that a three year effort to establish a constitutional monarchy have failed. - Summary by Peter Dann
Chapters
1 Book 1, Chapter 1: In the Tuileries 10 min 2 Book 1, Chapter 2: In the Salle de Manége 30 min 3 Book 1, Chapter 3: The Muster 16 min 4 Book 1, Chapter 4: Journalism 11 min 5 Book 1, Chapter 5: Clubbism 11 min 6 Book 1, Chapter 6: Je le jure 9 min 7 Book 1, Chapter 7: Prodigies 7 min 8 Book 1, Chapter 8: Solemn League and Covenant 15 min 9 Book 1, Chapter 9: Symbolic 5 min 10 Book 1, Chapter 10: Mankind 14 min 11 Book 1, Chapter 11: As in the Age of Gold 15 min 12 Book 1, Chapter 12: Sound and Smoke 18 min 13 Book 2, Chapter 1: Bouillé 5 min 14 Book 2, Chapter 2: Arrears and Aristocrats 16 min 15 Book 2, Chapter 3: Bouillé at Metz 9 min 16 Book 2, Chapter 4: Arrears at Nanci 12 min 17 Book 2, Chapter 5: Inspector Malseigne 10 min 18 Chapter 6: Bouillé at Nanci 23 min 19 Book 3, Chapter 1: Epimenides 13 min 20 Book 3, Chapter 2: The Wakeful 15 min 21 Book 3, Chapter 3: Sword in Hand 16 min 22 Book 3, Chapter 4: To fly or not to fly 20 min 23 Book 3, Chapter 5: The Day of Poniards 17 min 24 Book 3, Chapter 6: Mirabeau 10 min 25 Book 3, Chapter 7: Death of Mirabeau 22 min 26 Book 4, Chapter 1: Easter at Saint-Cloud 11 min 27 Book 4, Chapter 2: Easter at Paris 7 min 28 Book 4, Chapter 3: Count Fersen 17 min 29 Book 4, Chapter 4: Attitude 9 min 30 Book 4, Chapter 5: The New Berline 10 min 31 Book 4, Chapter 6: Old-Dragoon Drouet 8 min 32 Book 4, Chapter 7: The Night of Spurs 21 min 33 Book 4, Chapter 8: The Return 8 min 34 Book 4, Chapter 9: Sharp Shot 13 min 35 Book 5, Chapter 1: Grande Acceptation 20 min 36 Book 5, Chapter 2: The Book of the Law 20 min 37 Book 5, Chapter 3: Avignon 19 min 38 Book 5, Chapter 4: No Sugar 8 min 39 Book 5, Chapter 5: Kings and Emigrants 26 min 40 Book 5, Chapter 6: Brigands and Jalès 8 min 41 Book 5, Chapter 7: Constitution will not march 13 min 42 Book 5, Chapter 8: The Jacobins 10 min 43 Book 5, Chapter 9: Minister Roland 12 min 44 Book 5, Chapter 10: Pétion-National-Pique 6 min 45 Book 5, Chapter 11: The Hereditary Representative 9 min 46 Book 5, Chapter 12: Procession of the Black Breeches 15 min 47 Book 6, Chapter 1: Executive that does not act 18 min 48 Book 6, Chapter 2: Let us march 6 min 49 Book 6, Chapter 3: Some Consolation to Mankind 12 min 50 Book 6, Chapter 4: Subterranean 7 min 51 Book 6, Chapter 5: At Dinner 10 min 52 Book 6, Chapter 6: The Steeples at Midnight 21 min 53 Book 6, Chapter 7: The Swiss 17 min 54 Book 6, Chapter 8: Constitution burst in Pieces 14 min
